UK's May to set out 'Road to Brexit'
London
PRIME Minister Theresa May will attempt to unite her feuding Cabinet and convince a sceptical European Union (EU) that Britain knows what it wants from Brexit in a series of speeches over the next few weeks.
Britain is hoping to seal a transition deal next month to smooth its exit from the EU, and reach agreement on a long-term trade agreement later this year.
However, Brussels said last week a transition deal was not a certainty and that London needed to clarify what it wanted from the EU.
Ms May's government will aim to address that in a series of six speeches by the prime minister and other senior ministers in the next few weeks, which her office dubbed "The Road to Brexit"…
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